malloc/mcheck.h

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  18
  19 #ifndef _MCHECK_H
  20 #define _MCHECK_H       1
  21
  22 #include <features.h>
  23
  24 __BEGIN_DECLS
  25
  26 /* Return values for `mprobe': these are the kinds of inconsistencies that
  27    `mcheck' enables detection of.  */
  28 enum mcheck_status
  29   {
  30     MCHECK_DISABLED = -1,       /* Consistency checking is not turned on.  */
  31     MCHECK_OK,                  /* Block is fine.  */
  32     MCHECK_FREE,                /* Block freed twice.  */
  33     MCHECK_HEAD,                /* Memory before the block was clobbered.  */
  34     MCHECK_TAIL                 /* Memory after the block was clobbered.  */
  35   };
  36
  37
  38 /* Activate a standard collection of debugging hooks.  This must be called
  39    before `malloc' is ever called.  ABORTFUNC is called with an error code
  40    (see enum above) when an inconsistency is detected.  If ABORTFUNC is
  41    null, the standard function prints on stderr and then calls `abort'.  */
  42 extern int mcheck (void (*__abortfunc) (enum mcheck_status)) __THROW;
  43
  44 /* Similar to `mcheck´ but performs checks for all block whenever one of
  45    the memory handling functions is called.  This can be very slow.  */
  46 extern int mcheck_pedantic (void (*__abortfunc) (enum mcheck_status)) __THROW;
  47
  48 /* Force check of all blocks now.  */
  49 extern void mcheck_check_all (void);
  50
  51 /* Check for aberrations in a particular malloc'd block.  You must have
  52    called `mcheck' already.  These are the same checks that `mcheck' does
  53    when you free or reallocate a block.  */
  54 extern enum mcheck_status mprobe (void *__ptr) __THROW;
  55
  56 /* Activate a standard collection of tracing hooks.  */
  57 extern void mtrace (void) __THROW;
  58 extern void muntrace (void) __THROW;
  59
  60 __END_DECLS
  61
  62 #endif /* mcheck.h */